War of the Pacific

America and Japan fought in the Pacific theater of World War two. The Pacific war started in 1941 and ended 1945, with Japan surrendering. The death toll for Japan’s military was roughly 2.2 million with between 550,000 – 800,000 civilians. As for America’s military, it was roughly 407,000 soldiers and 120,000 civilians. Cultural differences between America and Japan had an important influence on how the two sides fought the war. Some of the cultural differences were their ideology, military behavior

connecting the eastern part of the U.S. railroads with the Pacific west coast area. The greater transcontinental railroad itself consists of several railroads projects, the first of which were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads, and later, the Northern Pacific, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Texas and Pacific, and Western Pacific projects would follow suite. All of were approved for construction shortly after the Civil War. Prior to the war there was some skepticism towards the railway system.

The Mexican American war was a war over terrain. The Mexican government achieved its independence in 1821 so the country was very unstable and needed more money. Mexico was struggling to maintain control of the country. When mexico tried to maintain control they outlawed slavery. This caused outrage in the northern parts of mexico and a small part of mexico rebelled claiming it independence. This newly established country would become The Republic of Texas. Mexico did not however recognize Texas

World War. During this time, Japan had an dictatorship government and had its sights on imperialistic ideas. On December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes flew over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the United States’ base of its navy, where the Pacific fleet and airfields were stationed. Bombs were dropped on the island in Hawaii, causing mass destruction and high death tolls. With this, isolation and neutrality were not an option, and the United States became deeply embroiled in World War II after declaring war on

World War II was a very important event in American History. During these times, America had gone to war against Germany, Italy and Japan. The three nations called themselves the Axis Powers. The Allied Forces, America, Great Britain and France, were up against Hitler and the Axis Powers. There were two attacks that made a difference during the war, the Battle of the Bulge and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of the Bulge and the attack on Pearl Harbor were a huge turning point in World War

During World War II the U.S. had three different aspects of the war going on. The home front, in which the U.S. had different plans and strategies to make armaments for the war in the war in the Pacific against Japanese and in Europe against the Nazi’s. On the home front, and important decision was made for factories to retool their machines. The making of airplanes, tanks, ships, ammunition and utensils took over the production line. The hiring of women to do men’s work on these machines

U.S. History Since 1877 November 29, 2005 The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was not the first battle or the last battle of the Second World War, but there is not question that it was the most decisive battle of World War II in the Pacific. Midway is nothing special—just a small string of islands six miles across built up to form coral—however its location and resources are important. If the United States of America had not been in possession of Midway, the Empire of Japan could

which leading up through the brutal "War without Mercy" known as the Pacific War. In this book, John Dower argued that race not only colored America’s actions in the Pacific theater of World War II, but the Japanese harbored a similar preoccupation with their own racial superiority that motivated them to engage in martial and power pursuits. This sense of superiority fueled emotions which would bring both countries to act inhumanely to one another during the war. John Dower made his argument by first

It was December 1941. A war had been raging in Europe for more than two years. Britain and France had joined forces and declared war on Nazi Germany after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. Many other countries had also joined the fight. Some for Germany and some against. The United States was technically neutral, but did provide Britain with needed supplies after the approval of a lend-lease agreement in March 1941. That all changed on December 7, 1941 when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. American

extent did the United States of America commit war crimes against Japanese civilians and POWs during their Pacific campaign in World War II? This question is important because it raises present day controversy that the United States did not commit war crimes, when evidence may prove otherwise. The scope of this investigation focuses on the United States entry into World War II and the events during the war, specifically the war with Japan in the Pacific during 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945. One